Distribution of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) Infestations Detected in the United States Along the Texas/Mexico Border

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 770-774

  Lohmeyer, K H ^a   Pound, J M ^a   May, M A ^a   Kammlah, D M ^a   Davey, R B ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; cattle fever tick; geographic database; parapatric boundary

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; PARASITOLOGY; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HORSES; RHIPICEPHALUS; TEXAS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS;

EID: 79960525499     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10209     Document Type: Article

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